N57608

We’re still collecting data for this aircraft. Routes appear once we’ve seen it fly enough times.

Safety history

  • April 24, 1986Accident

    SHORTLY AFTER TAKEOFF A LOSS OF PWR OCCURRED ACCOMPANIED BY AN ENG VIBRATION. A FORCED LANDING WAS MADE ONTO A HIGHWAY WHERE A X-WIND EXISTED. DIRECTIONAL CONTROL WAS LOST AND THE ACFT VEERED INTO A DITCH AND STRUCK A FENCE BEFORE COMING TO A STOP. NO REASON FOR THE PWR LOSS COULD BE DETERMINED.

    Piper PA-36

  • October 1, 1982Accident

    WHILE LANDING ON A FARM ROAD TO PICK UP SEED, THE LEFT MAIN GEAR ENCOUNTERED A SOFT AREA ON THE LEFT SIDE OF THE ROADWAY. THE AIRCRAFT BEGAN DRIFTING TO THE LEFT AND WOULD NOT RESPOND TO THE USE OF RIGHT RUDDER AND BRAKE. IT TRAVERSED A RECENTLY-FILLED DITCH. AS THE RIGHT GEAR ENCOUNTERED THE SOFT SURFACE, IT COLLAPSED.

    Piper PA-36